what do you use to remove your tubes?

Worrying about how to remove the tubes seems kind of silly after seeing how they are made and packed :)

http://www.mullardtubes.com/Video.aspx

That said either use cotton gloves or some cat grooming gloves with little rubber dots. If nothing else, want to be careful not removing the logo from the tube.

Myles

As explained above, there is no operational reason for worrying about handling tubes. My only possible concern would be the easy to rub off markings on extremely rare Telefunken tubes. When my ECC803S tubes are near the end of their life, how will I be able to sell them on ebay as brand new if I am not careful about rubbing off the markings on the tube?

Donjr,

Curiosity killed the cat, did you pull the tubes? Did you have any problem putting them back in?

Beats me why a manufacture would recess a tube in a well.... http://www.uptownaudio.com/rogue/Titan.htm

Looks like the best way to pull the tubes would be with Chinese handcuffs, LOL.....

my hands.

Jea48. I pulled them and the preamp 12au7 is a Sylvania. Out of the other two 12au7's, only one of them I could read '12au7'. I got nothing off of the 12ax7's. I think they're probably all Sylvanias. I think I'll shoot Mark O'Brien from Rogue and e-mail and ask him.

I'm considering rolling the 12ax7's. Not because I'm unhappy with the sound, but because I've never tube rolled and would like to hear the differences for myself, as opposed to reading other peoples description of the differences.